I saw this complete series (as well as all
of the other Star Trek series) first-run and recorded them
all on VHS. I'm very glad to get the whole set on DVD! I'm
sure I will buy the Blu-Ray set eventually. It's a
good series and has aged well. Now, those who are
super-picky about special effects may feel that they're not
up to snuff compared to today's computer animation and
graphics. However, if you're not that picky, it seems
fine. The stories are great. The show is uneven at times and
not nearly as good, IMHO as Deep Space Nine or Next Gen. But
that's really splitting hairs because it's a good show
nonetheless.

Apparently the show has come out
on DVD before and this is just new packaging. The
price is new, though, so now it's under $100 instead of over
$200. The packaging comes with three boxes within the
main box, and if you're not careful when you open the
smaller boxes, the DVD's might fall out because there's
nothing holding the plastic part that holds the DVD's in
place. So just be careful when opening!

The
set comes with a great many special features, which I
thoroughly enjoyed. I haven't seen the show in over 20
years, so it was nice to remember it by watching the
episodes a second time. Also, binge-watching it all together
is a very different viewer experience than watching it
weekly. You won't be disappointed with the show, either way.

It was the first Star Trek series with a female captain.
Let's hope it's not the only one! Many viewers felt that
Kate Mulgrew was miscast as Captain Janeway. Personally, I
can't envision anyone else in the role now. She was very
strong, yet human. The best thing they did was to change her
hair, though. She had a horrible bun for the first seasons
(aside from a few episodes where they deviated from that),
which made her look awful. They finally changed it so that
she had a more modern-looking shoulder length hairdo. Hey,
it's Star Trek, so it could have been a really weird hairdo
and that would have been fine... just not that schoolteacher
looking thing she had. I think they wanted her to look
tougher and figured that was the way to do it. With her
acting, and that gravelly voice, they needn't have worried.

They brought Seven of Nine in for season 4 (probably to make
the show a little more sexy). I didn't like the idea of her
at first, but she was very likable and grew on us. The
show went through a lot of changes in its seven years. It
was the first of the new Star Trek series to be on a network
instead of in syndication. They started the new network UPN
with it. Later, UPN merged with The WB to become what we
have now, The CW.

If you're a Star Trek fan,
you should definitely buy this set!

MORE INFORMATION:

Star Trek:
Voyager - The
Complete Series

On DVD

Release Date: March 7

While in pursuit of a Maquis ship in the
Badlands, Captain Kathryn Janeway and the
crew of the U.S.S. Voyager
are pulled into the Delta Quadrant. After
making a decision that saves an entire
species from being destroyed, but leaves
both crews stranded, they must join forces
to begin a 75-year journey across 70,000
light years of space to return to the Alpha
Quadrant, the Federation and home.

MORE:

Starring Kate Mulgrew ("Orange
is the New Black") as Captain Kathryn
Janeway, the Star Trek franchise's first
female captain, Star Trek: Voyager -
The Complete Series arrives on DVD
in new shelf-friendly packaging.

Following the adventures of the Starfleet
vessel, the U.S.S. Voyager, the collection
includes all 172 episodes from all seven
seasons on 47 discs. Plus, Star Trek:
Voyager - The Complete Series
includes a trove of special features such as
behind-the-scenes featurettes, cast and crew
interviews, storyboards, and photo
galleries.

Catapulted into the
distance sector of the galaxy, Star
Trek: Voyageris set during the
2370s and follows the crew of the U.S.S.
Voyager as they are pulled into the
Delta Quadrant. After making a decision that
saves an entire species from being
destroyed, but leaves the crew stranded, the
team, which also stars Robert Beltran,
Roxann Rawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan
McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim
Russ, Jeri, Ryan, and Garrett Wang, must
join forces to being a 75-year journey
across 70,000 light years of space to return
to the Alpha Quadrant, the Federation and
home.

Specifications: Full Screen
Format; English 5.1 Surround; English Dolby
Surround; and English Subtitles.

Rating: Not Rated.Runtime: Approximately
129 Hours, 38 minutes

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